The index for protecting crop yield anywhere on earth.

Farm-level crop yield indices deployable anywhere in the world, including markets with no history of crop insurance or hedging. Powering live programs across global agricultural markets.

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About

Our mission is to offer protection for every crop on earth.

Praedictus resolves the structural mismatch between weather indices and crop yield outcomes that has limited parametric adoption in agriculture, providing the agricultural supply chain with a mechanism to hedge localized yield risk and unlocking the world's largest weather-driven risk market for insurers.

Praedictus indices are built on crop models backed by decades of global research, calibrated to local growing conditions at farm-level resolution.

Scientifically Validated

Built upon the world's most extensively validated global crop modeling systems, with strong correlation to observed yields and decades of agronomic research across diverse geographies.

Parametric Innovation

Large scale programs now structure and settle on the Praedictus Yield Index across multiple major crop producing regions — representing the first meaningful market inroads in agricultural parametrics.

Transparent & Auditable

Transparent crop science and clearly defined methodologies provide stakeholders with a clear understanding of how risk is measured, priced, and settled throughout the life of a program.

Global Deployment

Custom yield indices designed for specific crops and growing regions, enabling agricultural risk transfer across diverse markets worldwide.

Live Crops

Indices currently live across global markets.

BarleyBarley
CanolaCanola
ChickpeaChickpea
CornCorn
CottonCotton
Dry BeanDry Bean
Dry PeaDry Pea
LentilLentil
RiceRice
RyeRye
SorghumSorghum
SoybeanSoybean
SunflowerSunflower
Spring WheatSpring Wheat
Winter WheatWinter Wheat
Global Coverage
Indices deployable in any geography, for any of the above crops.

Insurers

Praedictus unlocks agricultural parametric risk transfer. New geographies, new programs, and a new category of client that traditional crop insurance has never been able to serve.

Biophysical Yield Index

Built on crop models backed by decades of global research. Fully auditable and customizable to specific management practices. Trusted by agribusinesses and growers.

Structuring and Underwriting

Nearly five decades of synthetic yield history at farm-level resolution gives underwriters the actuarial foundation to price and structure a program anywhere, including markets where historical loss data has never existed.

Settlement

The index is marked throughout the growing season, giving counterparties visibility before maturity. When the season ends, contracts settle automatically against the final index.

New Client Base

Processors, elevators, traders, and agricultural lenders carry yield exposure but can't access traditional crop insurance. Praedictus indices give insurers a mechanism to serve them.

No claims process. Settlement at maturity.

When the season ends, the final index is published and contracts settle against it directly. No adjusters, no field visits, no claims process.

Hedgers

Yield risk is local. A weather event in one area can define the exposure of a single elevator, processor, or co-op while leaving the broader market untouched. Praedictus indices operate at farm-level resolution, giving growers, co-ops, merchandisers, and agribusinesses a hedge that reflects exactly where their risk is.

Localized Precision

The index is built to the exact location of your risk, not derived from a county or regional average.

Simplicity

A crop and a location are all that's needed to build an index reflecting conventional local cropping systems. You can choose to refine further by management practice.

Fast Settlement

When the season ends, the final index is published and your position settles against it directly. No waiting, no process.

For the Full Supply Chain

Co-ops, processors, elevators, merchandisers, lenders, and growers carry yield exposure that a county or regional average cannot accurately reflect. Now they can hedge.

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Team

Karl Kuhnle
Karl Kuhnle
Chief Executive Officer
Karl Kuhnle is Chief Executive Officer of Praedictus Climate Solutions, where he leads commercialization of the company's yield index infrastructure for agricultural risk transfer. He previously took one of the first satellite based agricultural intelligence systems, Lanworth, to market leading to its acquisition by Thomson Reuters in 2011, then led Thomson Reuters' agricultural analytics business across the Americas and Asia Pacific. Since joining Praedictus in 2020, he has led commercialization of the company's yield indices and building out its insurance and origination partner infrastructure.
Dr. Jose Clavijo
Dr. José Clavijo
Chief Product Officer
José Clavijo is Chief Product Officer of Praedictus Climate Solutions, where he leads Praedictus's custom yield index product, the foundation for structuring and settling agriculture risk transfer programs. Since joining Praedictus in 2021, he has built on, maintained, and operated the company's index production system, extending it to power live programs across 15 plus crops worldwide. He previously held senior roles in agricultural analytics at Thomson Reuters, managing a global research team. He holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Universidad Central de Venezuela and MSc and PhD degrees in Agronomy from the University of Florida.
David Kelly
David Kelly
Chief Technology Officer
Software engineer with over a decade of experience developing scalable systems for data-intensive applications, scientific research, and cloud infrastructure. Focuses on building robust backend systems, designing clean APIs, and optimizing performance for distributed environments. Formerly at the University of Chicago, David brings a wealth of experience working with complex agricultural datasets — and is responsible for the architecture and delivery infrastructure that powers Praedictus yield indices globally.
Dr. Joshua Elliott
Dr. Joshua Elliott
Founding CEO and Board Member
Founder of Praedictus Climate Solutions. Appointments have included Program Manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Senior Fellow at the University of Chicago Computation Institute. Former Research Associate at Columbia University's Center for Climate Systems Research. His work on global food security and agricultural modeling directly informs the biophysical frameworks that underpin every Praedictus index. Doctorate and Master of Science degrees in physics from McGill University; Bachelor of Science in physics from the University of Texas, Austin.
Nancy Harvey
Nancy Harvey
Board Member and Advisor
Executive leader across Fortune 100, startups, and academia. CEO of TenFold (NASDAQ), EVP at Computer Sciences Corporation ($400M healthcare vertical), MD at UChicago's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship. Champion of deep tech and climate science founders. Board director of Praedictus since 2016. PhD Chemical Physics, University of Minnesota. MBA, Wharton.
Dr. Ian Foster
Dr. Ian Foster
Co-Founder and Chairman
Known as the Father of Grid Computing, Dr. Foster's foundational work paved the way for modern cloud computing and underpins Praedictus' core technologies. Director of Argonne National Labs' Data Science and Learning Division. Chairman of the Board and central technology advisor.

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